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The team from Argentina arrived in substitute squad to protest against Italians, who had acquired three of Argentina's top players of Italian descent.

For centerhalf Luis Monti who added a winner's medal to the runners-up award with Argentina four years earlier, there was the added distinction of becoming the first man to win successive World Cup medals with different nations.

But five minutes later, Raimondo Orsi - one of the players Italy had controversially 'poached' from Argentina - scored an equaliser for the host nation. With the score at 1-1 after 90 minutes, the game went into extra time.

In 1934, Mussolini had used the World Cup in Italy to full advantage as a propaganda platform

Before some of the games, Mussolini invited the umpires for dinner, which upset the Czech players

yeh but isnt it legal to play for any country ur partly from? like dont u have to just be something like an 8th whatever & u can play for them? Though i'm guessing these players had italian ancestors from hundreds of years back from how this is being phrased?